Liquid holding and applying device.



No. 801,087. PATENTED OC'I. 3l 1905. S.' KAI-IN. LIQUID HOLDING AND APPLYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LIQUID HOLDING AND APPLYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application led September 22, 1904. Serial No. 225,526.

T0 (all whom, it many concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON KAHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cadillac, in the county of IVeXford and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Holding and Applying Devices; and I do declare the following ,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in liquid holding and applying devices.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which liquid may be held and by which the same may be applied, means being providedA whereby said liquid will be uniformly fed to the applying' device from the container, said container or holder also serving as a handle for the device.

I'Vith this and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with the cap removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, showing the cap in place on the lowerend of the device. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a modified form of device. Fig. -l is a similar view showing` another modified form. Fig. is a vertical transverse sectional view of the form shown in Fig. e.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l denotes a tubular receptacle or' container in which is placed a liquid. On the upper or filling' end of the container is adapted to be placed a cap 2, which may be secured to said end in any suitable manner, but is here shown as having a screw-threaded engagement with the same. On the opposite end of the container is arranged a perforated tubular holder 3, the inner end of which is closed by an imperforate cap 4. The holder 3 is of less diameter than the container l and is secured at its lower end to an annular inwardly-projecting flange formed on the lower end of said container, thereby forming between itself and the walls of the container' an annular space. In the Open end of the holder 3 is adapted to be placed a liquid-applying device 6, which may be formed of any suitable material-such as sponge, rags, or the like-or, if desired, a brush may be inserted in the Open end of said holder. On the lower end of the container l is adapted to be placed a cap 7, by which the liquid-applying material is covered and prevented from drying out when not being used. The cap 7 may be applied to the end of the container in any suitable manner, but preferably has a screwthreade'd connection with the same.

In use the material to be applied is in liquid form and is placed within the container 1, from whence it feeds through the perforated sides of the holder 3 onto the applying material held by the same and by which said liquid is applied to the surface intended to be coated. The container lis also adapted to serve as a handle for manipulating the device and is preferably tapering in form from its filling to its applying end.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings is shown a modified construction of container. In this Ainstance the perforated holding device 3 is not employed and in place of the same is arranged an apertured diaphragm or partition 8, the sponge or other applying material being inserted directly into the end of the container below said apertured diaphragm, the liquid being adapted to feed through the aperture in said diaphragm or partition and onto said sponge or applying material.

In Figs. L and 5 is shown another modified form of container. In this instance the filling end of the container is enlarged or funnelshaped. as shown at 9. On the opposite end of the container is arranged a transverselydisposed tubular head 10, in the lower side of which is formed an elongated slot l2, in which is adapted to be inserted the applying` material. In the lower end of the container above the head 10 is arranged one or more apertured diaphragms or partitions 13, which are similar in construction and arrangement to the diaphragm 8, as shown in Fig. 3. On the head lO is adapted to be placed a cap or cover 14;, having an outer tubular portion adapted to receive the applying material. Above said tubular portion are formed spring-metal vflanges l5, which are adapted to be sprung into engagement with the sides l0, thereby holding said cap or cover in place.

The liquid holding and applying device constructed as vherein shown and described may be used for applying any form of liquid material to the surfaces of any article to which it IIO is desired to coat. The device is particularly adapted for applying' liquid shoe-polish, stoveblacliing, and the like.

From the 'foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A liquid holding and applying` device con sisting of a tubular container forming a handle, having a cap adapted to close the illing end and having the opposite end open and inturned to form an annular inwardly-pro jecting iiange spaced from the outer wall thereof, a cylinder of wire-gauze having its outer end secured to said ange, said wiregauze cylinder being disposed in and spaced from the said container, an imperforate cap closing the inner end of said wire-gauze cylinder and an applying device arranged in the outer end of the said wire-gauze cylinder and projecting outwardly through the flanged end of the container, substantially as described.

In testimony whereotl I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SOLOMON HAHN.. Vlitnesses:

LAWRENCE KRAMER, F. E. ANGEVINE. 

